lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom); fig. tasteless; insipid
trad. 味同嚼蠟
Also written 味同嚼蠟【wèi tóng jiáo là】
Characters in this word
4味
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taste, smell, (fig.) (noun suffix) feel, quality, sense, (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
- Pinyin
- wèi
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 4538 of 2500
同
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like, same, similar, together, alike, with
- Pinyin
- tóng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1548 of 2500
嚼
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to chew, also pr. [jue2]
- Pinyin
- jiáo
- Strokes
- 20
- Frequency
- 9728 of 2500
蜡
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candle, wax
- Pinyin
- là
- Traditional
- 蠟
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 25145 of 2500